1. LibertyLink® Soybean Stewardship & QA
Indiana CIA Mtg
8/11/17

2. Licensed grower Stewardship Quality Assurance Crop Quality Labelling
2017 LibertyLink Soybean Stewardship and Quality Assurance – Commercial Seed Production Manual
Licensed grower
Stewardship
Quality Assurance
Crop Quality
Labelling

3. Stewardship Bayer definition of Stewardship = varietal purity
Requirements
CROP ROTATION: PY could not be soybeans
ISOLATION:
Non-Approved or Regulated Events
Seed production: ft OR 15 ft plus flags denoting field edges
Commercial grain: 10 ft
Non-GM Seed or Commercially Approved Traits
Different varieties: 10 ft
Similar variety: 1.5 ft
Equipment cleanout

4. Quality Assurance QA = trait purity and adventitious presence IN CROP
Start clean
Spray Liberty 280SL Herbicide,
V2 – V4 stage
29 oz/acre (2018 = 32 oz/acre)
In field inspection 5-10 days later
1000 plants, 4 quadrants
For MG < 3.5, field inspection is OPTIONAL
POST HARVEST
LibertyLink Trait Purity > 98%
Adventitious Presence < 2% (Commercially Approved, Unintended Events)
Adventitious Presence < .1% (Non-Approved and Regulated Events)

5. Visual Observation

6. Approved Labs – Trait Purity Testing

7. Approved Labs – PCR Testing LL Event in Non-LL Event Seed Lot(s)

8. Labelling Federal Seed Act, Bayer requirements Movement of seed
Federal Seed Act label requirements
Seed company & Origin
Germ
Variety %
Other % (noxious weeds)
Bayer labelling requirements
Bags, mini bulks, bulk
Current logos and bag tag
IP statements (PVP, patent and germplasm patents)

9. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS Soybean Herbicide Injury
Stay vigilant and inspect production fields
Growth and pod development
Document to determine harvest strategy AND/OR testing protocols
Segregate
Bulk seed
Accelerated aging germination test
Counter season grow outs
Repurposed Fields
Exception to relax rotational requirement IF
Same variety and trait